Manhattan Bridge Approach is located at the intersection of multiple mobilities. Traffic and people constantly move around the Plaza designed by Carrère and Hastings in 1912 as a public space. Throughout the day, the Plaza remains mostly empty. However, the slowly fading monuments of the City Beautiful movement, are occasionally reclaimed by various communities, such as delivery workers who can often be seen leaning against the colonnade while waiting for their next order during the unpaid hours of work.
The installation is a tribute to the unseen labor of the “deliveristas.” Just like the fragile wall built on the location of a historic fence is held up by a precise network of wires, New York’s food culture and economy are sustained by “deliveristas.”
